1. I came for the language, but I stayed for the students.
2. I am still nervous every time I have a new class.
3. I gauge student understanding partly by whether they laugh at jokes.
4. I love all my students – but some of them are easier to love than others.
5. I’m still learning.
Nothing To See Here 
https://nothingtozeehere.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/5-teaching-things-about-me/
I only got up to 5. Maybe another 5 another day…
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I would have to agree with this list.
I too use laughing at jokes as a measure of engagement- especially when working with staff. That and the lack of people looking at their mobile phones 🙂
Thanks for the reminder that lists are great ideas to keep us writing.
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Phones are not allowed in our classrooms, thank goodness! We’ve no shortage of students using their electronic dictionaries for unintended purposes though…
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I also gauge engagement by the laughs, though I have had some very serious classes that worked hard and focused yet never got my sense of humor. Sometimes very earnest students aren’t a good match for my irony! I also came to teach for something else and I’m still here because of the students. Wonderful list!
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Each one of these is so spot on! Especially #4. Each student deserves that love and compassion. It just takes so much energy sometimes! My pride can get in the way too. I just think about their backgrounds and try to understand why they act the way they do… It’s still not easy, but it helps. Great post!
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